#AA6937#AA6937

#AA6937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.106 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA6937
RGB	rgb(170, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(26, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(26, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 21.40, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 43.91, 60.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0588 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.106 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3204, 18.9272, 6.0915)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA6937 #3778AA

analogous

#AA373F #AA6937 #AAA337

triadic

#AA6937 #37AA69 #6937AA

tetradic

#AA6937 #3FAA37 #3778AA #A337AA

square

#AA6937 #3FAA37 #3778AA #A337AA

split-complementary

#AA6937 #37AAA3 #373FAA

monochromatic

#4E3019 #7C4C28 #AA6937 #C88856 #D7A884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#AA6937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#AA6937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA6937

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA6937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA6937	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa6937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.106 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89470',
    500: '#aa6937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa6937;
$custom-light: #c89470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa6937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58209,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA6937

secondary

#7CA3C1

accent

#9DDB4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F1EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA6937

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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